Shaving-lather producer.



E. V. D. ROUSSEAU.

SHAVING LATHER PRODUCER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 14, 1914. 4 l 4 Patented July 18, 1916.

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ELIBEBT V. D.'ROUSSEAU, 0F BOUNDBROOK, NEW JERSEY.

SHAVING-LATI-IER PRODUCER.,

Specification of Letters Patent.'

Patented July 18, 1916.

Application led December 14, 1914. Serial No. 877,127.

T 0 all whom t 'may concern.' A

Be it known that I, ELBERT V. D. RoossEAU, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and residing at Boundbrook, in the county of Somerset and Stateof New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShaving-Lather Producers, of which the following is a specification,such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertainstomake and use the same.

This invention relates to lather producers used by bal-bers, and theobject thereof is to provide an improved device -of this class whichwill be simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, and whichmay be easily and quickly manipulated and will be effective in operationand with this and other objects in view the invention consists in adevice of the class specified, constructed as hereinafter described andclaimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure l is a side elevation of myimproved lather producing device; Fig. 2 a central vertical sectionthereof; Fig. 3 a plan view; and, Fig. 4 a view similar to Fig. 2 butshowing only a detail of the construction and showing the same on anenlarged scale.

In the practice of my invention, I provide a receptacle a which ispreferably of the form of an ordinary can and which isalso provided witha removable cover a2 which, in the form of construction shown, isthreaded onto the can a, but which may be detachably connected therewithin any desired manner. The cover a2 is provided in one side portionthereof with a filling aperture a3 closed by a detachable cap a4 andthrough whichsoap and water may be passed to till, or partially fill thecan in the operation of the device. The central part of the cover a2 isAprovided with a stuffing box a5 through which is passed a'main plungertube 7) provided at its lower end with a plunger head C composed, in theform of construction shown, of an upper concavo-convex disk c2 and abottom or lowcr conveX-concavo disk 03. Both of the disks c2 and careperforated as shown at c4, or provided with numerous apertures, andthe tube passes through the plunger head c and is provided in the lowerend thereof with ports b2. The lower end portion of the tube iscontracted as shown at b3 to form a valve seat and a valve chamber b4 inwhich is placed a ball valve b5 which operates in connection with thevalve seat b3. The tube is also provided at the top thereof with a headL" having radial arms )7,and said head is also provided with a stuffingbox L through which is passed a supplemental pump tube nf which extendsdownwardly into the tube and is approximately of the same length. Thetube l is provided at its upper end with a head (Z2 having radial arms din which is formed a central air inlet port (Z4, and said tube l is alsoprovided at itsI lower end with a hollow spherical piston head rlprovided in the bottoln thereof with ports or passages d?, and thepiston head Il forms a valve chamber in which is placed a sphericalvalve 17, and the lower end of the tube (l forms a valve seat [Z8 inconnection with which the valve Z7 operates.

In one side portion of the can a is a vertically arranged tube e whichpasses loosely and eccentric-ally through the parts c2 and o of theplunge-r head c and which is rigidly secured in the cover a2. The upperend of the tube e passes through the cover (L2 as' shown at c2 and isprovided with a discharge spout f having a body portion f2 screwed ontothe tube e andl the passage through which is controlled by a valve ghaving a stem g2 which passes through the top of the head f2, and withwhich is connected at L a thumb lever h2 pivoted at It, and between thethumb lever h2 and the body f2 is placed a spring h4 which normallyholds the valve g in a closed position. I also provide means for lockingthe tube in the position shown in Figs'. 1 and 2, and for this purposethe cap a of the stufiing box a5 is provided, in the form ofconstruction shown, and at one sidethercof, with a raised casing 1 7 inwhich is placed a spiral spring 2' between which and the tube b isplaced a lock plug 2, and the lock plug 112 normally operates in arecess 3 in the outer side of the tube b, and a headed pin 4 is passeddownwardly through a radial slot in the top of the casing a7 and intothe lock plug 272. This construction is most clearly shown in Fig. 4,and by means thereof the tube is normally locked in its innermostposition as shown in Fig. 2.

In the operation ofthis device predeter# mined amounts of Water andpowdered soap are passed into the can a and the lock plug 2 is movedoutwardly so that the tube b may be raised byl grasping the arms 57 ofthe head b thereof, and said tube including the plunger head c ismanipulated in the manner of a plunger to beat lup and form a lather ofwater and soap. In this operation, it will be understood, of course,that the tube' b and d are manipulated together, or as one ele-- ment ofa complete plunger, the other part ofvwhich consists of the head c whichforms when a AportionI of said lather is required for use allthat isnecessary is to depress the thumb lever 71.2 andthe lather-will beforced out'through4 the tube e and through the discharge spout f. I'alsopreferably provide vention or sacrificing its advantages.

will also be understood that my improved` lather producer may be made ofany desired the lower end of the` tube e .with a funnelshaped or similarterminal head j which .will facilitate the feeding thereinto and thepassing therethrough of` the lather, as will be readily understood,"andwhile I have 'shown anddescribed the preferred formof my improvement, myvinvention is not v A limited to the details of construction herein.shown and described, and changes thereink and modifications. thereof maybe made,

within the scope of the appended claims, without depart/ing .from thespirit 'of my in- Itv dimensions lor capacity and of any'vpreferredform, and any suitable material may be employed in the constructionthereof.

,In the use of this device the lather is discharged from the spout fdirectly onto the face, or maybe discharged into the hand and applied tothe face, and is preferably rubbed onto the face by the hand without theuse of a brush, and the device is thus made sanitaryin every respect asno dust,

I tacle dirt or other substance can get into the can a when in use. rlhelathermay, however, beapplied by means of a brush, if desired, andinstead of using soaphand water, as herein described from Ywhich thelather is formed in the can a, liquid 'soap may be used and made into valather as will be Areadily understood.

Having fully described my invention, what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1."In a lather producing device, a. receprovided with a cover, a tubefixed in one side-.portion thereofA and passing out through the coverand'provided with a dis'- charge spout having a valve, and a combinationplunger and pump device involving a main outer tube and a supplementalinner tube, said main outer tube being movable vertically through thecover and the supplemental inner tube being movable vertically in themain outer tube, and means for locking the main outer tube to the cover.

2. In a lather producing device, a receptacle provided with a cover, atube fixed in one side portion thereof and one end of which passes outthrough the kcover and is v.provided with a discharge spout, and theother end of which passes down into the receptacle and is provided withan inverted funnel-shaped head, and a combina-- tion plunger or pumpdevice involving a main outer tubevandqa supplemental inner tube, saidmain 'outer 'tube being movable vertically through the. cover and thesupplemental inner tube being movable vertically inthe main outertube,-l and means for locking the mainouter tube ,to the cover.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname 1n presence of the subscribing witnesses this 10th day ofDecemberl9-14.

ELBERT v.,n. ROUSSEAU.

Witnesses C. MULREANY, H. I. THOMPSON.

